iii.
Sania mira and martina Hingis won their maiden Australian Open title and the
third successive Grand Slam doubles title after winning 2015 Wimbledon and US
Open.

4.
NAVNEET KAUR AND SANTOSH KADALE WON GOLD IN SENIOR NATIONAL ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP

i.Punjab’s
Navneet Kaur won two gold medals in the 34th Senior National Rowing Championship
in Hyderabad.

ii. It
was her maiden gold at the country’s highest level in the senior category.

iii. In
the men single category Santosh Kadale won his maiden national gold.

5. NISID
HAJARI WON 2016 WILLIAM E. COLBY AWARD FOR BEST MILITARY BOOK

i.Nisid
Hajari won the 2016 William E. Colby Award for his book “Midnight’s Furies: The
Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition”

ii. The
Midnight’s Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India’s Partition explains the 1947
partition of India.

iii. William E. Colby Award is awarded to
recognize a first work of fiction or non-fiction that has made a major
contribution to the understanding of intelligence operations, military history or
international affairs.